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with Lieutenant Mecham (under special orders from Cap- 

 tain Kellett), on the 25th of April, he skirted the beach 

 westerly, and reached the ' Investigator,' in the Bay of 

 Mercy, at 10.30 P.M. on the 5th of May. 



The tattered remains of the ensign and pendant were 

 still flying ; and such had been the accumulation of drift 

 snow on the northern side of the ship, that they were 

 enabled to walk in over her gunwale. There was also 

 a great quantity on her decks, but not sufficient to pre- 

 vent them from easily obtaining an entrance by the fore 

 hatchway. 



The ship's head was N. 30 W. true, the cable hang- 

 ing slack under her bow; heeled about 10 to starboard 

 and slightly by the head. No signs of pressure around 

 were perceptible, although the oakum was hanging very 

 loosely out of many of her seams. Her position was S. 

 12 E., 1400 yards from the cairn, and 426 yards from 

 the nearest point of the beach, her stern being in eleven 

 fathoms water. 



On visiting between-decks everything appeared in 

 good order and the lower deck pretty free from frost, 

 but overhead, on the orlop beams, there were great ac- 

 cumulations of ice. 



The water had leaked so much into the holds during 

 the preceding summer, that they were now full up to the 

 orlop beams forward, and within ten inches of them abaft, 

 then solid ice. He commenced, in compliance with his 

 Instructions, to clear the ship of all useful stores, and, in 

 order to execute it more comfortably, repair defects of 

 equipment, etc., brought his crew on board. 



For the detail of his operations and the stores landed, 



